Improvement in apparatus for feeding- swine



, naar* gaat @met @Mite NATHAN STOKWEIIL, 0F OUAQUAGA, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 98,718, dated Januar/y 11, 1870; antedateel December30, 1869. l

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR FEEDING' SWINE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part o? thereame.`

To all whom-it may conce/rn:

Be it known that I, NATHAN STOCKWELL, of Ouaqnaga, in the county ofBroome, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Apparatus for Feeding Swine; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full and exact description thereof, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters marked thereon,making apart of this specication, in which- Figure l is a perspectiveView, representing my improvement, and the manner of operating it.

The other -views are the same as shown' by the drawings of my late4application lfor a similar device, which wasexamined and allowed May1,71869.-

lbe nature of my invention consists in providing a longitudinal shaftwith one or more eccenm'icallycurved projections, so that when the shaftis turned down, tbeirfaces will bear against the gate, and not onlyopen, but hold it in position,rthereby obviating the use of the wedge.

In the construction of my apparatus for feeding swine, I make a trough,A, with au upright attachm'ent, B B, at each end, between which and nearthe upper ends I suspend agate, C, on pins D D; the free or lower edgeof this gate swings clear of and Hush with the inner edge E of thetrough, thereby closing it, for the purpose of supplying the feed, andto prevent the ingress of the hog.

On the inside of the gate, I attach projecting partitions F F, wherebycompartments are formed of suficient dimensions only for one to occupy,While feedmg..

For the purpose of operating the gate from the outside, I attach alongitudinal shaft, G, with bearings in the 'upright pieces B B, andprovided with eccentrics H H, from one of, which projectsV a handle, I,for operating-the gate, which is controlled iu its vibratory movements,and held in any desired position by said eccentrics, thereby obviatingthe use of the wedge employed for that purpose in my former device, thegate of which is operated by simple projections or arms on the shaft,that are pressed back by the gravit-ation -of the gate on the removal ofthe wedge.

This improvement facilitates the operation lof feeding, and simplifiesthe construction of the apparatus.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, kis

Providing the longitudinal shaft G r with one or more ecceut-rics, H H,for opening and holding in position the gate U, as herein described, forthe purpose set forth.

NATHAN STOGKVELL.

l Witnessesz P. A. RUSSELL, ADDISON G. MoKEE.

